Nearly 200 Central American Migrants Apprehended in One Day at Texas Border

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 200 Central American migrants in a single day after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico. The three groups of migrants consisted of large groups of family units and unaccompanied minors.

Beginning on Thursday, agents assigned to the McAllen Station patrolling near the border town of Granjeno, Texas, came upon a group of 57 migrants who had just crossed the border from Mexico, according to information provided to Breitbart News by Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol officials. The agents conducted immigration interviews on the migrants and determined they were family units from Honduras and Nicaragua.

Later that day, Weslaco Station agents came upon another group of illegal aliens who just crossed the border. The 34 migrants came to the U.S. as family units and unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, officials reported.

McAllen Station agents apprehended another group of migrants on Thursday night, officials stated. The group consisted of 87 illegal aliens from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Agents said the group was composed of family units and unaccompanied children.